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What comes next with open models - by Nathan Lambert
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Markets, capabilities, cope, and bewilderment in the industrialization of language models.
What comes next with open models Markets, capabilities, cope, and bewilderment in the industrialization of language models. Nathan Lambert Mar 16, 2026 86 14 5 Share Article voiceover 0:00 -18:08 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. 2025 was the year where a lot of companies started to take open models seriously as a path to influence in the extremely valuable AI ecosystem — the adoption of a strategy that was massively accelerated downstream of DeepSeek R1’s breakout success. Most of this is being done as a mission of hope, principle, or generosity. Very few busine
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